Brave New Web

In the wake of Sept. 11 and the hard-line USA Act, the Internet has become a very unfriendly place for hackers.

"...code? Do you read the manual before you start using new software?"..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Ann Hampton Callaway

Ann Hampton Callaway proved a wise choice to inaugurate the new Austin Cabaret Theatre. Her clear enthusiasm for the Great American Songbook and impassioned, intoxicating performances of selections from it made cabaret intimate, immediate, a real event.

"...There are people who sing songs and there are people who inhabit them. The..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Tenth Annual "Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest Results

"...climbs into bed and I look out the window, pressing my body against the glass, and stare down at..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Books Feature

Who's to Say

Pat Green, the "devil's spawn"?

"...Pat Green is a lightning rod. The stocky, blond singer-songwriter, who currently calls Austin home, is the most successful..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Corky Romano

"...Putty face of those old slapstick stars, and a sing-song, splitting-headache vox box that would have played much better..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bread and Tulips

An endearing romantic daydream about an underappreciated housewife who decides on whim to not return home.

"...child, and Fernando also remembers that he used to sing on cruise ships. The lack of detail makes our..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Don't Say a Word

"...head a six-digit number that somehow connects to a missing, million-dollar jewel; stock-baddie Koster (Bean) is the heist man..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Autumn Tale

What Movies Look Like This Fall

"...Pop stars in film: They can sing, but can they act? It might not matter as..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...first time, the Fire Department took to the streets closing down clubs, leaving people waiting in long lines. This..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Vertical Ray of the Sun

"...be. The sets, too, are lovely: beaded curtains that sing when they shift, just-right weathered shutters, immaculate bowl collections...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Big Eden

"...services at the community church dovetail into potluck suppers, sing-alongs at the piano, and beers at the tavern before..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Down From the Mountain

"...this year's SXSW, the film is intimate and rich, showcasing some truly transcendent moments of effortless musicianship and down-home..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

After Napster

The world of online music after the fall of Napster.

"...and its publication, they're quite likely.And Your Bird Can Sing It might be easiest to describe Pressplay first, since..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Spit Out the Seeds

Lucinda Williams bares all

"...like Judy Collins' Wildflowers and Jackson Browne's Saturate Before Using. Then any Nick Drake or Kate Wolf or Sandy..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Princess Diaries

It's the movie that turned Anne Hathaway into a star, and the ordinary girl she plays into a princess.

"...perky pop songstress Mandy Moore, who is permitted to sing “Stupid Cupid” and prance around in cheerleader garb acting..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Fast Train to Hicksville

Reissuing the Rosetta Stone of alt.countrypolitan

"...there, wanting to be part of the scene," declared singer Maryann Price of her move from Las Vegas to..."

July 13, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Songcatcher

"...say “plot contrivance,” Lily hears one of the locals sing an Appalachian ballad and -- wouldn't you know it---..."

June 29, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Chanson Anglais

Air heads in America.

"...world. Stereolab does what it can for the resistance, singing en Francais, while the Les Parapluies de Cherbourg soundtrack..."

June 15, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

"...in tube top and sarong, at least she doesn't sing. And you don't have to be the world's biggest..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Mi Son

Rick Treviño returns to his roots.

"...you're not a Mexican.' Or 'How come you're not singing Tejano music?'..."

June 8, 2001 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

They Got the Beat

Living the pop life in Austin

"...more appropriate, flashpoint would be Austin's own Fastball's chart-busting single from the same year, "The Way." The song's runaway..."

May 4, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Search Through the Skies

The new musical Jouét represents a journey not only for the title character, a pop star in search of a home, but one for Austin composer Allen Robertson and for the city's Zachary Scott Theatre Center, which is producing its first original musical.

"...bounteous belly dancer. The song bears more than a passing resemblance to "Lydia the Tattooed Lady," with a tune..."

April 6, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mahalia!

In the Austin Playhouse production of Mahalia!, director Don Toner has staged a neat chamber piece with a trio of talented actor / singers, allowing the singing to be spectacular and the rest of the play to operate simply.

"...Carnegie Hall. But after such a display of power singing by Jacqui Cross in the title role (no wonder..."

April 6, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Guys Like Me

Was America Really Made for Dick Price?

"...full of the answering machine tapes that track every single call to Dial-a-Tune...."

April 6, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Spoon, Mercury, Thursday, March 15

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...about the latest model is how many audience members sing along, almost as if they're trying to will the..."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by Phil West

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...4. Meditation as Medicine by Dharma Sing Khalsa..."

March 16, 2001 Books Column

Letters at 3AM

Our secret fantasies were made public by Elvis Presley.

"...the karaoke turned all the way up and he's singing his heart out, or what's left of his heart,..."

March 16, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Storyteller

Talking turkey with X-Ray

"..."Waterloo Sunset." The Seventies opened with the group's biggest single "Lola," but spun off into hitless concept albums like..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

Girl Groups: The Story of a Sound

Seldom have obscure footage and recorded memories been put together in so charming a fashion

"...of love -- a love for the sound, the singers, and a time when everyday life seemed a little..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Take Me to the River

Rock & Roll Books

"...Midnight When I Rise: The Story of the Jubilee Singers Who Introduced the World to the Music of Black..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Books Feature by Ed Ward

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